Example sentences of "[pron] ca [adv] make [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Providing you resist , this can in itself provide useful learning opportunities : " I 'm not in charge ; I ca n't make decisions for you . " |
| 2 | As I live in Liverpool , I ca n't make Elland Road , but I would be able to go to Anfield . |
| 3 | I ca n't make head or tail — ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Look , ’ the superintendent said , ‘ I only just came on and I ca n't make head nor tail of this . |
| 5 | I ca n't make head nor tail of it . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't make head or tail of it . ’ |
| 7 | In most varieties of British English , you know what I mean ? and you know ? are used by parties in a conversation to elicit agreement , as in the following ( made up ) example : ( 1 ) A : I ca n't make head nor tail of this , you know what I mean ? |
| 8 | B 's possible responses listed above , while overtly responding to the question " you know what I mean ? " are actually heard by parties to the conversation as supporting A's proposition , " I ca n't make head nor tail of this " . |
| 9 | They 've said well I ca n't make head or tail of it . |
| 10 | ‘ I ca n't make plans , ’ he said sharply . |
| 11 | I ca n't make money grow . ’ |
| 12 | But I ca n't make sense of it . ’ |
| 13 | Then I had to come back — and into this — and do you know — ’ ( he leant towards her ) ‘ even now I close my eyes and think of her , otherwise I ca n't make love — ’ He was still living on that charmed island of experience in the past . |
| 14 | I ca n't make love to you the way I want to — not here . |
| 15 | His green eyes pools of limpid clarity and wholly deceptive depth , but his swift grin wicked , Michele replied provocatively , ‘ I ca n't make love to a housekeeper or beat her into submission the way I could a wife , and , as I prefer my domestic arrangements to run without a hitch , I have to tread circumspectly . ’ |
| 16 | I ca n't make Yorkshire pudding like Myra 's , you know . ’ |
| 17 | He said erm I ca , I ca n't make arrangements much in advance because I never know how I 'm feeling . |
| 18 | ‘ I told you , ’ Ruth said hoarsely , turning her head away , ‘ I ca n't make magic . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You ca n't make friends if you 've got fear in your heart , ’ said the Englishman . |
| 20 | You ca n't make love at pistol point … her being filled with remorse , and she checked herself from flinging her arms round Lucy : steady , Jay , she told herself , we 're only seconds away from no , nay , never . |
| 21 | ‘ You ca n't make love to me like that and then expect me to carry on as if nothing 's happened . |
| 22 | If you ca n't make contact , you 'll have to go to Sweden . |
| 23 | No , no I do n't think I could cos I 'm on me own such a lot , I ca n't , you ca n't make conversation by yourself can ya ? |
| 24 | You ca n't make things worse . ’ |
| 25 | You ca n't make spaceships out of plastic ! |
| 26 | Erm it does n't so You ca n't make soap in it . |
| 27 | You might find it works you might find you 've got some left over in which case it does n't work you ca n't make sets of three out of them . |
| 28 | Well , this is it , I mean , people you ca n't make people do things , I mean , they 've got |
| 29 | Let's face it , if you ca n't make par on a par-5 to win , you ought to be shot . ’ |
| 30 | You ca n't make chemistry happen , you ca n't say : ‘ You and you are going to be so and so . ’ |